Frank D. Costenbader Lecture

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

The Frank D. Costenbader Lecture

The Frank D. Costenbader Lecture was inaugurated in 1974 at the Costenbader Alumni Society annual meeting to honor Dr. Costenbader, a renowned strabismologist and a founder of pediatric ophthalmology. The American Association of for Pediatric Ophthalmology was created at this same meeting. From its inception, the AAPO, later named the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), undertook to sponsor the Frank D. Costenbader Lecture. Dr. Costenbader became an invalid in 1970 and was unable to attend the lecture that honored him. Since his death in 1978 the lectures have memorialized the man who had the foresight and the courage to begin a subspecialty in ophthalmology, and the talent and dedication to train and mold the next generation according to his ideals. The Frank D. Costenbader Lecture is presented annually at the APPOS meeting.